Constantinople falls to the Komnenian forces, and…

Constantinople falls to the Komnenian forces, and on April 8, 1081, Melissenos too enters the imperial capital.

True to his word, Alexios I raises him to Caesar and gives him authority over Thessalonica, as well as allotting the city's revenues to his income.

At the same time, however, Alexios raises his brother Isaac Komnenos to the newly created dignity of sebastokrator, which he places above that of Caesar, bypassing Melissenos.

This act of submission, unique among the various rebels of the time, may throw some light on Melissenos's motivation for his uprising, according to the historian Jean-Claude Cheynet.

Cheynet believes that Melissenos was probably more concerned with safeguarding his Asian estates from the depredations of the Turks, and when Alexios granted him Thessalonica and equivalent estates around it—some of which Melissenos later distributed to his clients, like the Bourtzes family—he readily gave up the contest for the imperial throne.

Despite the end of Melissenos's revolt, it leaves a profound legacy: although Melissenos himself submits to Alexios Komnenos, the towns he has occupied and garrisoned with Turkish soldiers in Ionia, Phrygia, Galatia, and Bithynia remain in their hands.

Thus, by becoming involved in the Empire’s civil wars as mercenaries and allies—especially through their use by Botaneiates and Melissenos during their respective revolts to hold down various cities for them—the Turks complete their relatively peaceful takeover of central and western Asia Minor.

Melissenos will continues to serve Alexios I faithfully throughout the rest of his life.